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James C. Schaap

James Calvin Schaap is a retired English prof who has been something of a writer for most of the last 40 years. His latest work, a novel, Looking for Dawn, set in reservation country, is the story of two young women joined by their parents' mutual brokenness and, finally, a machine-shed sacrament of reconciliation. He writes and narrates a weekly essay on regional history for KWIT, public radio, Sioux City, Iowa. He and his wife Barbara live on the northern edge of Alton, Iowa, the Sgt. Floyd River a hundred yards or so from their back door. They have a cat--rather, he has them.

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Slim Buttes

That the hide painting is mislabeled is no one's fault, really. Somewhere along the line of ownership it was likely…
December 1, 2017
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Privy piety

I worked there for only three summers. I'm sure there was summer help, like me, who worked there longer, so…
September 22, 2017
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Holiday

To me, the word Tabaski sounded more like a seasoning than a holiday weekend—but Tabaski, Festival of the Sacrifice, is…
September 8, 2017